It's an especially great video player option for Windows since it has no native media players. In other words, sexy it may sound, but it’s not going to be all it could be until still larger pipes are available or it arrives on disc (Ultra HD Blu-ray will support it).Though it’s not compatible with macOS, the software is fully available to Windows 10 users. I suspect that’s the heavier compression at work, as might be the case in most broadcasts. I must say that while I’ve seen 8K images that show distinct improvement in detail over 4K, the videos I’ve seen so far don’t offer the same increase. You’ll need a PC with an Intel Kaby Lake (ix-6xxx) CPU or better, or a discrete graphics card that supports HDCP 2.2 to play back the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs that PowerDVD also handles. My older Intel Core i7-2700 couldn’t cut it, but my newer computers did. The software successfully decoded these files and displayed them on a 4K display.īe aware that decoding 8K video requires a lot of processor horsepower due to the compression and sheer amount of data involved. 8K Ultra HD supportįull disclosure: I didn’t have an 8K display available during my evaulation period, and I had just two 8K UHD test files to work with. For more granular info on other features, check out our reviews of PowerDVD 18, PowerDVD 17, and PowerDVD 16. PowerDVD also does a whole lot more, such as playing a number of music formats, pull double-duty as a music/video/image librarian, sync with portable devices, stream from network locations, and interface with Cyberlink’s online storage.

YouTube videos available for viewing and pinning (downloading) in PowerDVD 19

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